Strangely hilarious, fascinating, and inspiring all at the same time...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0804/wrestling.dustin.carter/content.1.html?bcnn=yes

That's not wrestling. That's a freak show. I used to wrestle in high school. The kids who got lower to the ground had a real center of weight advantage. Without legs the kid is so low he'd get that advantage without the extreme physical conditioning it requires, and without forearms a lot of moves won't work against him, like arm bars and whatnot. All he has to do is lean forward to make his position near-unassailable. But he gets the advantage of being able to train all the time getting used to the unique way his body works, where his opponents only ever attack him once a year, and they'd be SOL. I'm not surprised the kid rarely loses.

I wonder how he'd do in MMA where you can get choked out.

That's not wrestling. That's a freak show. I used to wrestle in high school. The kids who got lower to the ground had a real center of weight advantage. Without legs the kid is so low he'd get that advantage without the extreme physical conditioning it requires, and without forearms a lot of moves won't work against him, like arm bars and whatnot. All he has to do is lean forward to make his position near-unassailable. But he gets the advantage of being able to train all the time getting used to the unique way his body works, where his opponents only ever attack him once a year, and they'd be SOL. I'm not surprised the kid rarely loses.

I wonder how he'd do in MMA where you can get choked out.


To think we have something in commone Nappy. Who would have thought. Let's not make a big deal of it though. We enjoy disliking each other too much!

:thumbs:

Correction. You dislike me. You don't come out of your hole often enough for me to form an opinion about you.

Correction. You dislike me. You don't come out of your hole often enough for me to form an opinion about you.


Dont' make me like you.

We wouldn't want that happening, now would we?

That's not wrestling. That's a freak show. I used to wrestle in high school. The kids who got lower to the ground had a real center of weight advantage. Without legs the kid is so low he'd get that advantage without the extreme physical conditioning it requires, and without forearms a lot of moves won't work against him, like arm bars and whatnot. All he has to do is lean forward to make his position near-unassailable. But he gets the advantage of being able to train all the time getting used to the unique way his body works, where his opponents only ever attack him once a year, and they'd be SOL. I'm not surprised the kid rarely loses.

I wonder how he'd do in MMA where you can get choked out.

I understand what you're saying - no arms or legs has some positive side effects in wrestling. Still, arms and legs come in handy (so to speak) in wrestling as well....

The arms and legs are wrestling. Without them you have something that only vaguely resembles wrestling, which is exactly what that video was.

In high school wrestling, you score points for stuff like takedowns, reversals, escapes and near-pins. You don't really need forearms or whole legs to do any of that.

Im wondering if they let him wrestle in whatever weight class he qualifies for, or do they factor in what his true weight would be had he been fortunate to have arms and legs.

Im thinking they let him wrestle at his actual weight, because his torso looked a lot bigger than the fellow he was wrestling. His core body strength is probably more than any of his opponents if that is the case, and a decided advantage there as well, imo.

I wonder how many have declined to get in the ring with him because of being freaked by his appearance?

That's not wrestling. That's a freak show. I used to wrestle in high school. The kids who got lower to the ground had a real center of weight advantage. Without legs the kid is so low he'd get that advantage without the extreme physical conditioning it requires, and without forearms a lot of moves won't work against him, like arm bars and whatnot. All he has to do is lean forward to make his position near-unassailable. But he gets the advantage of being able to train all the time getting used to the unique way his body works, where his opponents only ever attack him once a year, and they'd be SOL. I'm not surprised the kid rarely loses.

I wonder how he'd do in MMA where you can get choked out.

What weight class did you compete.?

120.

120.

I wrassel'd 168 for 3 years.
Wrestled a State and district champ in me senior years.
Was done in by The State boy with a Figure 8.

Y'nose I went back and tried to remember what weight class I was
in.It might have been 167 lb. class.Ya know I can't remember anymore.
I think it was.Because I weighed about that eaxct same amount also for
3 years.Which meant I could always make weight.
And I coulda sworn their was a Figuire 8 wrestling hold.
It might have been a Grapevine.I wrestled this State boy,about my 3rd
match in my senior year.He won State the year before and never
finished less than District champ.So,i was a bit leary of gettin whipped.
I wasn't really good at many moves.Just the basics.I used brute
strength and quickness.I lifted weights,throughout my high school.
I was good at takedowns and Not gettin pinned.Therefore i was
at a bit of a loss,when this State boy,slowly worked that Grapevine/
Figure 8 around me,and then just paralized me on my back for a pin.
I believe it was in the 2nd period though.I was happy to make it
that far in the match.